Damper-handle



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S. ABBOTT.

DAMPER HANDLE.

No. 369,309.- Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

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SOLOhT ABBOTT, OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

DAMPER-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 369,309, dated September 6, 1851 Application filed January l2, 1587. Serial No. 224,006. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, SoLoN ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Biddeford, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dan1per'-Handles; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which forni a. part of this specification.

My invention is a damper for stovepipes; and it consists in the application t0 such damper of an insulated and noneonducting handle and a heat-detlecting guard located in such a manner as to protect the handle from the radiated heat of the stove or funnel.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents an elevation of my device as applied to a stove-damper. Fig. 2 shows enlarged View ofthe handle and adjacentparts and illustrates the manner of constructing the device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

A represents the pipe, B the damper, and G the damper rod or spindle.

The damper-rod C is enlarged to the form of an open triangle having one of its straight sides C at,right angles to the rod. To this straight side C is bolted the knob D, of wood or other non-conducting material, a washer, E, of asbestus or similar material, beinginterposed between the knob and the side C'. The nut F thus comes within the space G2, formed on the interior of the triangular end of the rod C.

A heat-defleeting shield or guard, G, is secured to the pipe near the damper-handle. This guard is so turned as to come between the damper-handle and the heat-reflecting surface of the stove. It is made of bright or highlypolished metal -sueh as tin or Russia iron, so that the heat is reflected and thrown from its surface and the damper-handle effectually shielded.

Damper-handles are situated in the hottest part of astove, and as they have hitherto been constructed no protection has been aorded to the hand when the handle was to be turned. By the use of my device the hand may be applied to the damper-handle wit-hout danger of burning.

The nonconducting` washer composed of some material which is unaffected by heat enables nie to employ such material as wood for the handle-a material which is'affeeted by direct contact with a heated stove.

I elani- As a new article ot manufacture, a stovedamper having a damper-rod one end of which is formed into an open triangle with one side at right angles to said rod, and a wooden knob bolted thereto, with an intervening washer of asbestos or other like material, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

SOLON ABBGTT. Vitnesses:

NATI-runner. B. VLKBR, RADCLIFFE H. FORD. 

